Changing unions in the MENA region

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi; Meimanat Hosseini Chavoshi

Changing unions in the MENA region

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Meimanat Hosseini Chavoshi

School of Demography

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Abstract

Marriage and family ties in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are undergoing profound changes. While traditions persist, young people now marry later, fewer cousin marriages occur, and family dissolution is rising. These shifts, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Meimanat Hossein-Chavoshi note, signal demographic and cultural transformations shaped by education, economic uncertainty, conflict, and ideational change.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Specialist publication	N-IUSSP
Publication status	Published - 29 Sept 2025

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Changing unions in the MENA region

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